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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 16th 2008

I am currently procrastinating. I was supposed to be writing a press kit when I stumbled across this page. So I thought I would try it out to help me get over my writer's block. Although if anyone is reading this they will be thinking how presumptuous I am. You have to be a writer in order to have a writer's block and I fall into that category only in the most literal sense of the word. Hey is that a pun? Anyway, apologies for practising my writing in full view of the world. In this first blog of mine I want to tell everyone about Laugh Olympics. Partly because I think it is really funny and a great show currently not receiving audience numbers it is worthy of, and partly because they are my only ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne June 16th 2008

Remagen = Sturzelburg, 100.65kms, Total 2100.8kms, Ride time 5'52" Another fairly long day in the saddle, with Cologne being about the half way point. For me the highlight of the day was just sitting by the Cathedral eating cheese and avocado sandwiches and minding some guys bike while he went and had a look inside. We camped at a small town called Sturzelberg at a pretty run down campsite (we were the only tent campers there). Some nights we go out and have lovely dinners, some nights, like tonight, we just buy soft drinks, beer, nuts, chips, cholcolate, and pre-made pasta and green salads and just sit down by our tent and eat ourselves silly while the sun sets and the barges go up and downthe river. Hard to think we haven't seen a hill ... read more

Europe » Germany June 16th 2008

Hi again, how are we all? Well, its my 1st day on tour, and I have to say, its been good. Berlin is an amazing place, a bit eerie after what has happened here all those years ago, but none the less, an awesome place. Yesterday, Jazz (my room mate) went for walk, I think we did about 6km around the city. We did a cruise along the Spree River here in Berlin and did some shopping, it was a day. Last night I met up with the tour leader (leader, driver and on road chef are all Aussie's, then again probably 90%of the people on my trip are all Aussie's!) and everyone on the tour. The people I have met seem nice enough. We then went to dinner at a nearby restaurant which was nice. ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne June 16th 2008

Travel Blog: Day 3 Cologne Well, sorry I missed writing yesterday, it is actually day 3 here in Europe. Josh has joined me, but getting him into Germany was quite the adventure. He does not have a phone here in Europe, but I did bring mine. It costs a lot to use, but I thought it’d be useful when meeting someone. Well, it turns out that it could be useful, but only if someone takes advantage of it. I walked from the hotel in Frankfurt down to the local park/garden/lake and had lunch. I sat near the lake and read a book for over an hour, the wildlife was different from America and it was very enjoyable to watch. After lunch, I walked down to the train station, which was about 3 miles from the hotel, ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia June 16th 2008

Travel Blog Day 2: Frankfurt It is day 2 here in Frankfurt, and today I am going to be joined by my ‘partner in crime’ for the trip, my friend Josh. He was studying in Salzburg, France and is due in around 4pm local time today (that’s 10am back in the eastern US). I could wait around and do very little today while waiting (I get one English channel, CNN int), but instead, I have decided to hike down to the train station. I think its about 2 miles, but not positive. There is a nice park with a lake in between here and there that I am going to have lunch at, and if there is still time before 4, I may hit a museum. Hopefully I’ll remember to take some nice photos while I’m ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 16th 2008

Hei godtfolk, vär hilset fra Düsseldorfs internasjonale lufthavn. Bagasjen er sjekket inn, vi kom alle gjennom sikkerhetskontrollen og flyet gjöres klart. Om en time flyr vi til Kina. Reisen begynte allerede for fem dager siden, da jeg dro til Berlin for aa besöke min gode venn Stian fra Blindern, som er paa et halvt aars utveksling paa det ärvärdige Humboldtuniversitetet. Jeg var ikke den eneste som reiste, Guro og Ragnhild tok buss ned med en pause i Köbenhavn, som visstnok skal ha innebärt raveparty i et parkeringshus. Sigrid hadde flydd fra Stockholm, og Rikke kom med fly dagen etter meg. Vi var med andre ord en hel gjeng. Stian bor sammen med to andre norske utvekslingsstudenter i en leilighet som ligger i sjette etasje, 101 trappetrinn over hyggelige Schleiermacherstraße i bydelen Kreuzberg, "det andre Istanbul". Der ... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 16th 2008

So after a day out with Ben and his family at Stonehedge....which is just as beautiful as one could ever imagine, I went back to his house in Winchester and prepared to leave for Berln in the morning!! I left Winchester at 6 am this morning, so I could board my flight at Gatwick in London at 8.30ish...we were a little early. But I would rather be early than late.... the flight was smooth and everything went according to plan. Tommorrow I think I will take a tour because I have so little time in Berlin... I found one that last for 8 hrs and is only 12 Euros!! So my plan is to take it easy tonight and head out early to catch the tour of Berlins Best attractions, I will let you know how ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 15th 2008

wir sind wieder da und zwar schon lange! der ernst des lebens in westeuropa hat uns, unsere bilder und unsere geschichten wieder und diese wollen wir mit euch teilen. einige haben vielleicht schon eine einladung erhalten, für alle anderen auf diesem wege. alle, wirklich ALLE sind herzlichst eingeladen und wir freuen uns ueber (und bitten um) vorherige rueckmeldungen! wir (sara, nathalie, heiko und lisa) freuen uns euch zu sehen. liebe grüsse aus berlin.... ... read more

Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Koblenz June 15th 2008

It all happened faster than the eye could comprehend. One second Christie was behind me, the next she was on the ground. The thing was, I caused it and that wasn't so good. Before today we'd only had one puncture, now we'd had a puncture and crash ... things were looking up! Christie had decided this morning that I go to slow (hard ot argue with given an everage spped of around 17kms an hour) and that I'm always stopping (also hard to argue with because I like taking photos) so she decided to go ahead a bit today. The section of cycleway form Bacharach to Koblenz was exceptional, flat, right on the Rhine, castles everywhere ... just magnificent. Teh sun peke dit's head through the clouds frequently enough that we were warm, and so ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 15th 2008

Hello, So we decided that we had a couple of nights to kill and after hearing so many good things about the city, we took everyones advice and decided to go to Berlin. We were not dissapointed. We left Vienna at the crack of dawn because it was going to be 9 hours from there via Nuremburg to Berlin. We did luck out though and we sat at the very front of the train so it felt a little bit like we were driving the thing! Also, the engineer was holding an ice cream cone as he was travelling at 180 km/h which, obviously takes quite a bit of skill. We arrived in the massive brand new hauptbahnhof and we were instantly impressed. We bussed to our hostel, which was another great hostel in a fantastic ... read more




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